My thoughts on the Phillies season.

The Phils lose to the Mets, 7-4.

The Phils are unable to catch up after allowing four Mets runs to score in the first, as they lost to New York, 7-4.

The Mets took the lead in the first as, with the bases loaded, via a single by Angel Pagan, who was then safe at second base on a miss catch error by shortstop Michael Martinez as he botched a throw for a doubleplay, allowing Ruben Tejada to be safe at first on the error, and a single by David Wright, moving both runners up a base, and with nobody out, Lucas Duda hits an RBI force out, wiping out Wright at second base, 4-6, while scoring Pagan, giving the Mets a 1-0 lead, while sending Tejada over to third. The Mets then took a 4-0 lead as Nick Evans hits a three-run home run, his second home run of the year, knocking in both Tejada and Duda. The Phils got on the board in the second as, with two men on, and with two men out, Shane Victorino hits a two-run single, scoring Carlos Ruiz, who had earlier singled, would stop at second base on Martinez’s single, then moved up to third on Kyle Kendrick’s sacrifice bunt, and Martinez, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second base on Kendrick’s sac bunt, cutting the Mets’ lead down to 4-2. Two batters later, with runners on the corners, as Placido Polanco’s single sent Victorino to third, and with still two men out, Chase Utley hits an RBI single, scoring Victorino, making it a 4-3 Mets’ lead, while sending Polanco up to second base. The Mets got a run back in the third as Wright hits a lead-off home run, his eleventh home run of the year, giving the Mets a 5-3 lead. The Mets then added to their lead in the fourth as, with runners on the corners, and with one man out, Wright hits a sacrifice fly, knocking in Pagan, who had earlier walked, then stole second base, before going to third on Tejada’s single, giving the Mets a 6-3 lead. The Mets then took a 7-3 lead in the fifth as, with one man on, and with nobody out, Evans hits an RBI single, scoring Jason Bay, who had started off the inning with a walk. The Phils would get a run back in the seventh as, with a runner on third, and with one man out, Hunter Pence hits an RBI single, knocking in Chase Utley, who had earlier doubled, then went to third on Pagan’s throwing error, making it a 7-4 Mets’ lead. That would be the final score as Bobby Parnell would collect his first save of the year with a scoreless ninth.

Kyle Kendrick (7-6, 3.29) took the lost as he went four innings, giving up six runs, only two of which were earned, on seven hits and a walk, while striking out one. Michael Schwimer pitched an inning, giving up a run on a hit and two walks. Brad Lidge, Antonio Bastardo, David Herndon and Ryan Madson combined for four scoreless innings, giving up three hits (Herndon (2), Madson (1)) and three walks (Lidge (1), Bastardo (2)) , while striking out six (Lidge (2), Bastardo (2), Herndon (1), Madson (1)) batters between them. Mike Pelfrey (7-10, 4.60) got the win as he went six innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and two walks, while striking out two. Tim Byrdak pitched a third of an inning, giving up a run on a hit, striking out a batter. Manny Acosta pitched one and two-thirds innings, giving up two hits, while striking out two batters. Bobby Parnell recorded his first save of the season as he pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks, while striking out two.

The Phils had twelve hits in the ballgame, with Chase Utley leading the team with three hits, two singles and a double, knocking in a run. Placido Polanco, Hunter Pence (RBI) and Carlos Ruiz all followed with two hits each, all singles. Shane Victorino (Single, 2 RBIs), Michael Martinez (Single) and pinch hitter Ross Gload (Double), had the other three Phils’ hits, as the offense was unable to overcome the Mets four runs first.

The Phils (83-45, 1st) have tomorrow off, before they start a three-game series with the Marlins (58-71, 5th).

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